Covering for bottles



(No Model.)

-S. OAKMAN.

COVERING FOR BOTTLES Patentd 001;. 23, 1883.

INVENTUR WMZ/ @%W/ N PETERS Pmio-Lnhagnpmr. Washington, D. c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEO SAMUEL OAKMAN, OF MELROSE, MASSACHUSETTS.

COVERING FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,049, dated October23, 1883'. Application filed March 24, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, SAMUEL OAKMAN, of Melrose, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Coverings for Bottles, of which the following isa specification. My invention pertains to the art of incasing bottleswith wicker-work, and relates, particusubstantial bottom for the bottle,and to pro-.

vide a convenient base for holding the posts. I attain these objects bythe mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

V which Figure 1 is an elevation showing a portion of the lower part ofa bottle with my casing applied. Fig. 2 is a section of the same. Fig. 3is a section on a larger scale, showing a portion of the bottom and theside covering of the bottle.

This invention was originally set forth in the specification anddrawings of application for patent filed by me February 5, 1881, andeliminated from said specification, in accordance with communicationfrom the Commis sioner of Patents dated May 6, 1881, the patent beingdated August 8, 1882, numbered 262,241; subject, XVeaving-Machine forGov I ering Bottles.

' In the drawings, A represents the lower part of the'bottle to becovered, and B the base-piece, which maybe made of wood, guttapercha, orany other suitable material.

D D is a sheet-metal band, which passes e11- tirely around thebase-piece B, and is formed so as to produce the bead d d, Fig. 3. Thisbead d d extends slightly beyond the wickerwork and below the base B, soas to forma guard for the lower angle of the casing of the bottle. Thepart D of the metallic band extends upward, so as to embrace the lowerpart of the bottle, as shown in Fig. 2. Each of the posts 0 of thewicker-work passes through the metallic band D D well into thebase-piece'B, as indicated at 0', Figs. 2 and 3. The wickerwork W iswoven in the usual manner, either

